The Portland Trail Blazers announced on Tuesday that forward Thomas Robinson underwent surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb.

The Blazers did not give a time frame for when Robinson will be able to return to the court but they said in the release that he is expected to be ready for training camp which starts at the beginning of October.

The injury and recovery time on his dominant hand is certainly a setback.

Robinson tore the ligament in his right thumb when breaking a fall in Portland’s summer league game against the Atlanta Hawks on July 15 in Las Vegas. The surgery was performed by Dr. Kirk Wong at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington.

Robinson also played a major role off the bench during Portland’s playoff run as he was the only non-starter to play in all 11 playoff games.

Erik Gundersen

Erik Gundersen is the Trail Blazers beat reporter for The Columbian. He's a graduate of the Allen School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon in addition earning a degree in Spanish. He started writing about NBA Basketball for SwishScout.com before being the Sports Reporter Intern for TrailBlazers.com. He also fist-bumped with Kanye West once. Follow @BlazerBanter on twitter for more Blazers and NBA news.